Features
Explore the world of Baroque & Early Music through artist interviews, curated playlists, new album features, videos and much more.
Highlights
Iestyn Davies: An instinct for immortal harmony
The celebrated countertenor Iestyn Davies discusses his new role as Artistic Director of the London Festival of Baroque Music.
Singing ‘musical salads’: Jorge Losana’s Cantoría
Continuo meets Jorge Losana, director of Cantoría, to discuss the vocal group’s origins, sound, and focus on ‘Ensaladas’.
Articles
Gaétan Jarry: Royal relations
The French conductor and his Versailles-based ensemble Marguerite Louise, make their UK debut with New College Choir at London Festival of Baroque Music.
In its place: Utrecht’s living feast of Early Music
Lindsay Kemp shares impressions from the 34th edition of Europe’s grandest festival of Early Music in the Dutch cultural hub.
Spotlight
In conversation: Nathan Giorgetti
Continuo Connect meets cellist and viola da gamba player, and member of Intesa Duo and Bellot Ensemble, Nathan Giorgetti.
In conversation: Yu-Wei Hu
Continuo meets flautist Yu-Wei Hu, a member of Oxford Bach Soloists, and a founding member of Flauguissimo
In Conversation: Emanuele Addis
Continuo meets guitarist and lute player, Emanuele Addis to discuss his musical background and projects with his ensemble, Londinium Consort.
Watch & Listen
Iberian Echoes: Early Music from Spain
A playlist that explores Baroque & Early Music from Spain, featuring recordings by the Lowe Ensemble, Lux Musicae, Jordi Savall and more...
Ricordanze: a record of love
On the new release Ricordanze: a record of love, Musica Secreta present a deep exploration of the haunting and extraordinary music of sixteenth-century nuns.
Playlist: The Lully Operas
This playlist explores Christophe Rousset's and Les Talens Lyriques' discography of operas by Jean-Baptiste Lully.
Still Life: Early Baroque Fantasy
Musica d'Outrora release their debut album, ‘Still Life’ on the Deux-Elles label, exploring the radical expressivity of the 17th-century ‘stylus fantasticus’.
Soler’s Fandango: a new arrangement by the Lowe Ensemble
The Lowe Ensemble performs Antonio Soler's Fandango in an arrangement for strings, harpsichord, baroque guitar, and percussion.
The OAE introduces...
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment presents a series of videos introducing the interesting and unusual instruments commonly found in early music.